At the beginning of the northward movement with Yusheng, the Mongolian ministries in order to increase the pressure on and Yusheng, from Yansui to Xuanfu have changed, many herdsmen were encouraged to move to the border, there were various acts of looting and committing crimes, and later the generals of the Ming army fought back a few times, and Zhou Yao took the cavalry to guerrilla, the response of the northern captives was very slow and incompetent, and the departments came out of some armor soldiers, but they could not catch up with Zhou Yao at all, and then Zhou Yao's soldiers fought more and more, from hundreds of horses to nearly a thousand horses, and some came out of the Lingqiu Mountain, and the horse thieves of the grassland made up for a part, The northern captives were helpless at all, and later the military pressure on the small Heihe forts increased, and Zhou Yao was forced to assemble the main force, and then concentrate on the small Heihe and Dahei river forts...... The Mongol tribes everywhere are really relieved!

In this way, there is no pressure everywhere in Yansui and Xuanfu, the grassland is already surging, but the Ming army along the border is under no pressure, and of course the court will not hear any discussion.

If it was in the early Wanli period, even if the civil and military officials pretended to be blind and deaf, such a big thing could not be hidden from the imperial court, and the officials might not dare to hide it, but since Wanli was pro-government, all kinds of lazy politics, Jinyiwei fell into the hands of Luo Sigong for 20 years, and Jinyiwei was still useful during the Renchen War, and collected a lot of information about Japan. The intelligence points in Liaodong and all over the country have been abandoned, and even the Jingshi has been infiltrated by the elaborate work of the Eastern Captives, so you can imagine how wasteful Jinyiwei is.

The various ministries of the northern captives in the territory of thousands of miles were mobilized, and many major wars broke out, not to mention the Jiajing period, that is, in the early years of Wanli, the civil and military officials did not report, and the Jinyi Wei must have reported to the inner court a long time ago, compared with the predecessors, the current Emperor of the Apocalypse and the blind and deaf are similar.

Duo'er shook her head and said: "There is nothing abnormal in the north, this side of the east road is not their main target, there are occasional rangers, and the cuirassiers hurriedly ran away after a little drive." Now there is a change in Xuanfu Town, Yang General Soldier has ordered a number of generals, guerrilla to Shangxi Road and other places to move troops and horses, the main barracks heard that it is also mobilized, it seems that Yang General Soldier has a plan to go deep into the territory to fight. ”

"Yang Guozhu?" Li Shenming frowned and said, "What is he here to make a fuss?" ”

Liang Xingdao: "Look at this is to make a big deal out of it, he sent troops to target Inner Khalkha, and no matter which part of the fight is a hornet's nest, the Beiyu has no way to take our military fort now, and as soon as the Xuanfu sends troops, the consequences are unpredictable." ”

Li Shenming was a little anxious, slapped his hand on the table, and said angrily: "Hurry up and send someone to investigate, didn't you send Zhang Xuzong to Xuanfu to get through the relationship, and tell him to do nothing, just send the silver, what's wrong?" Can this also go wrong? ”

Duo'er said: "Zhang Xuzong must have had a business, recently a lot of people have been deployed from all over the country to go north, and the people who were originally in charge of things in Xuanfu seem to have also gone north, no one cares, what does this kid dare not do?" ”

Li Shenming said upset: "The two brothers of the continuation and continuation sect are really far apart. ”

He said: "I'm afraid it's useless to send someone else, Zhang Chun happens to be in the Zhangjiakou area these days, so let's ask Zhang Chun to run." ”

Everyone is speechless, Xu Zong is also a member of the Zhang family, Zhang Chun is also his own person of the Zhang family, and he is in charge of the Military Justice Department, he does not leak, and he has the courage to take responsibility.

Li Shenming stood in front of the window of the observation hall, there were faint cavalry galloping across the green grassland outside the fort, most of the northern captives here were the cavalry of the Halashen Division, a small number of desert northern tribes, the number was not large, Liang Xing and others said that they were confident of defeating them, but if more captive cavalry came, all the generals were not very sure.

Now everyone seems to be in the fog of war, Li Shenming feels that without Zhang Han, everyone lacks the backbone, and at this time, he himself feels a little lost.

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Zhang Xuzong staggered out of a small building, his body was covered with vomited stains, the smell of spit wine and food that had been covered all night was simply unbearable, and where he passed, all the passers-by could not look directly, and could only cover their noses.

The early morning was cool, with the dew on the ground, a few nuns knocking wooden fish passing by, and some Buddhist people opened the door to bring some grain such as wheat or millet, and some people gave some loose copper coins.

This is the town of Xuanfu, which is not a critical place in later generations, and it is also a military town at this time in the Ming Dynasty, far less developed and densely populated than places like Zhangjiakou. But it's a town, and there is no shortage of brothels and commercial houses in Qinglou, and Zhang Xuzong just came out of a small hotel...... He couldn't remember why he lived in such a place, why he was so drunk, and even lost his purse, and he didn't know where to go. The robe on his body is of high-quality silk material, the material is expensive, and the workmanship is good, which just sets off the appearance of his handsome son, plus a folding fan in his hand, and a jade decoration on his waist, a purse, and everywhere he goes, it is eye-catching and enviable, but now he is like being dragged out of the gutter.

Zhang Xuzong walked to the door of a delicate courtyard, and a middle-aged woman saw him, a trace of disgust flashed on her face, but it quickly turned to enthusiasm.

"My good lord, what kind of trouble are you making here?" The middle-aged woman complained while helping Zhang Xuzong to enter the door, and then called a small servant to take off Zhang Xuzong's robe, and brought ointment and tooth shabu to tell him to wash his teeth and wash his face.

"The girl is waiting." The middle-aged woman looked careless and sent Zhang Xuzong to the door of the side wing.

There was a dozen curtains inside, a pretty face was full of frost, and a seventeen or eighteen-year-old woman looked at Zhang Xuzong with eyes like ice.

As soon as the woman saw Zhang Xuzong's appearance, she knew that he hadn't done it, but she still asked coldly, "It's not done?" ”

"No ......" Zhang Xuzong said dejectedly: "The shopkeeper of the branch has become suspicious of me, not only did he not give me the silver, but also asked me many times if I had gone to the General Soldier's Mansion, and I kept interrogating ...... the side knocks, and the people in the store were the same, one by one, I looked at me coldly, and then I was angry and found a 'burning pot' shop to drink stuffy wine, and I drank too much all of a sudden"

The woman said angrily when she heard this: "What a son of a family, he actually went to the pot to drink soju with those poor ghosts, I think you really have a chance to get home." ”

Zhang Xuzong has never been scolded like this since he grew up, he stepped forward, grabbed the woman's neckline with his left hand, and raised his right hand to beat.

"You fight," tears flowed in the woman's eyes: "It's good to follow you, I think I can live a good life if I am good, if so, it is better to stay in the courtyard......"

Zhang Xuzong let go in a frustration, feeling that he might as well be dead.

The woman said again: "The family needs silver for all kinds of expenses, and the silver you owe to Han Ye, but people come to ask for it every once in a while, if you are not at home, everyone will be angry at me, and I should die?" ”

Zhang Xuzong said: "I don't know how you use silver, and the expenses are so Dafa." ”

The woman said: "Now the expenses of a month, that is, my expenses in the yard for three or five days!" ”

Zhang Xuzong was blocked and speechless, feeling extremely depressed in his heart.

He was sent by Zhang Han to charge the silver errand, all the way from Li Zhuang to the town, halfway Zhang Han decided to go north to patrol, before the departure of the last deployment of manpower to the north, the presiding over the town of the chamber of commerce shopkeeper was transferred to the East Road, before the new shopkeeper arrived, the town was not presiding, the silver was not delivered, or Zhang Xuzong was responsible.

In Heyusheng, where the financial process and employment process are very perfect, this is a very rare situation, and it can also be seen that Zhang Han was besieged and brought a lot of trouble to Heyusheng's system, because if Zhang Han hadn't lost contact with each other, these things would definitely have been solved as soon as possible, and Zhang Xuzong would not have been given the opportunity to make mistakes.

30,000 taels of silver is an out-and-out huge amount of money, it should be the entire net worth of a large landlord and gentry, in northern Jin and Xuanfu, this silver can buy nearly 10,000 acres of dry land, Zhang Xuzong did not dare to hit the idea of this silver at first, he came out with public funds, and he took public funds to squander them during the waiting time, that is, to visit the Qinglou, drink flower wine, and the expenses are not very large.

Later, he got acquainted with the woman named Xiaohong in front of him, who was also a famous prostitute in Xuanfu, and after indulging in the silver, the silver was not enough, and he first used dozens of taels, and then took out a few hundred taels to use it, and then took out a thousand taels to redeem Xiaohong, and bought a yard to live in, at the same time Zhang Xuzong began to gamble money in the casino, repeatedly gambled and lost, and the new shopkeeper came to receive the silver, at this time Zhang Xuzong had lost five thousand taels, he insisted that it was shipped in two parts, and a batch was not shipped in Li Zhuang, and he prevaricated for a while, but everyone knew that he was lying, Now Zhang Xuzong wants to borrow money, of course the silver can't be supported, not only can't he pay it, but everyone looks at him coldly.

Zhang Xuzong is flustered and embarrassed, Xiaohong's expenses are of course very large, he has no money to use him and runs to the casino to gamble, loses all the silver left on his body, and borrows money to gamble, the more he borrows the silver, people know that he is a person who is with Yusheng, and he lends him silver, but after a long time, Zhang Xuzong can't get the money for a long time, not only the gambling people no longer borrow money, but also urge him to return the silver, Xiaohong is also cold every day, complaining.

Zhang Xuzong was annoyed, and several strong men walked into the courtyard gate.

"Zhang Gongzi, fortunately, I met you today." It was the people who came in the casino, several strong men surrounded Zhang Xuzong, the scarred face of the leader was gloomy, Zhang Xuzong was scared when he looked at it, he knew that these people were very powerful and ruthless, and killing people was not a problem at all.

"The fifth is good."

"It's hard to say." Scarface Han Lao Wu said: "Now you owe us 1,800 taels of silver, when will this account be repaid?" ”

Zhang Xuzong exclaimed: "Isn't it more than three hundred taels? ”

Lao Wu smiled fiercely, the scar on his face writhed like a centipede, and he said softly: "More than three hundred taels is the capital, and now it has been delayed for so long, we are not profitable?" ”

This money is really black, but Zhang Xuzong didn't dare to say it at all!